By Jia Xiuzhen

Since she took the paper roll with bamboo needles and went out, within a few days, Mother Xu sent a letter back to say it was over.Li Wan knew that it was Duan Gao and the others who understood how to use the machine.Li Wan felt sorry for Nanny Xu and the others because they were cold in the mountains, and gave them a few pairs of sock socks. Now that Nanny Xu has learned how to use the bamboo needle, she uses cotton thread to weave socks herself. effort.

This was not enough for her, so she thought of a way to weave silk thread, but the monofilament thread was too thin and slippery, so she used silk thread and cotton thread to twist strands and weave again.This time I brought it to Li Wan, and Li Wan was so moved by it, he was angry at Madam Xu for being too troublesome, for doing such troublesome things, how could there be no socks for her in the house?Mother Xu laughed and said, "It's just a novelty, grandma, don't point me to making new ones for you every month!" Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Nanny Xu took out another letter from her sleeve and gave it to Li Wan. Li Wan took it and read it, with an expression of surprise and joy.Suyun Zhiji sent out all the idlers, leaving only a few nuns and Suyun Biyue.Li Wan finished watching, raised his head and smiled and said, "I really don't know what to say. Ji Liangzhen got on the line with businessmen from Zhenzhen Kingdom, and asked about people's tea drinking habits, and took our tea. Who would have known that people would be overjoyed to make tea for others to taste, and would say that they would give it at the highest price today, as much as they wanted.”

Mother Xu smiled and said: "He also mentioned a sentence in his letter to me, but he didn't make it so clear. It's said that the second boy in his family has been messing around with foreigners, and now he can speak a few words of foreign language. How can he spell it? Hitting, no matter what, I just sneaked to play on the foreigner's boat, but those foreigners saw him quarreling and liked him too. Don't worry about it, just say that they are afraid of staying together forever, and what to do with green eyes in the future! "Everyone couldn't stop laughing when they heard this, Li Wan said: "People's eyes are brought from the mother's womb, there is no way to pass it on to others." Madam Xu said: "Ji Liang also said that about her, but she recognized the pink eye disease If it can be passed on to others, it’s probably not safe.”

Mother Chang laughed and said, "Ruyi looked silly at first, but I didn't expect her to become even more silly after marrying, but it's hard for a shrewd person like Ji Liang." things at home.

Mother Xu asked again: "Then how high is the high price that the real Chinese people say? I don't know how much tea we can get this year." Li Wan said: "Nowadays, a load of tea costs 60 to 80 taels. Liang said that he might be able to get seven or eighty taels of tea, because only we have this tea now, and he is not honest. I don’t know where it’s from. I don’t know how much tea we can get this year, but anyway, the teas that are made here are not expensive and fine goods like Mingqianyuqian, I’m afraid there will be hundreds of teas.”

Mammy Xu turned her mind to finish the calculation, and then said: "In this way, there are 8000 taels in the account. After deducting the labor costs, there will always be 5000 taels. It is really unexpected that this is the first year."

Nanny Chang looked at Nanny Xu, and said with a smile: "Mommy is also in charge of big business now, I'm afraid I don't care about these few thousand taels of silver."

Mother Xu smiled and said, "I'm fine, but now Duan Gao is holding back his energy. I'm afraid that Ji Liang made a lot of money for grandma in the south, so he will be free here. The woolen stuff outside the mouth is coming to peak season now. The fungus house was handed over to Peng Qiao and his family, and he only brought people to tinker with the raw materials, so he really forgot to sleep and eat."

Li Wan nodded and said: "If it is to earn money for me, I would say that they don't need to work so hard. If it is for two people to compete, I can't control it." Duan Gao and the others have been compared since they were young, and the boys are smart enough to read and write together, and later they both got the grace of their ex-wife to take over the proud person in front of them, and now they are better than earning money."

Mother Chang smiled and said: "That's right, I was envious of so many boys when I got married as I wished. He is a top-notch talent in the house."

After talking and laughing again, Madam Xu remembered, and said: "Ji Liang brought back a lot of things from the south this time, and I don't know what's in them, even the boxes were not opened, I brought them all. "

Nanny Chang hurriedly said: "Why don't you bring it in quickly to have a look?" Everyone knew that Nanny Chang was thinking about the local goods from the south, so they all laughed.Li Wan asked the women outside to bring in all the things for a closer look.

There are two wooden boxes, and the rest are rattan boxes and bamboo baskets.Open it one by one to see, there are fresh patterns of spring shirt materials from the south, some earthenware and woodcarving things, Shaoxing wine in small clay jars, goose egg powder and rouge cream, fans and beads of various colors, and a box of books, a box of Hui ink.Miscellaneous, set up a hall.

Li Wan didn't care about these things, and Nanny Chang took a closer look at the rose pickled melon, shrimp stewed melon, Qingzi ginger, tea oil dried herring, dried eel, and bamboo shell wind chicken in the thin baskets pasted with oil paper. ... The most proud thing is a large basket of dried Tubu fish.Nanny Chang looked at it and said with a smile: "This must be Ruyi's handwriting, Ji Liang doesn't understand this."

Li Wan looked at the things of his hometown in this place, and felt a little nostalgic in his heart.Life is in a hurry, and I can't help myself at every step. Only now do I know when this fine and detailed southern scenery is something memorable to me.

But as soon as he lost his mind, he smiled and said: "Split all the food, and Mother Xu will take some back. There are also a few houses in the village that followed me. It's also interesting to try the things from the south. Others It’s okay, it’s not easy to tell the source of things from the south, and there is no need to give them away with great fanfare, anyway, they are all things from the village, so it’s normal if you can’t get them out.”

After hearing this, everyone understood, and only divided the local goods in half and some Shaoxing wine, and asked Nanny Xu to take them back.I also took some small toys for the children in the village to play with, so I know the taste of the roots.Powder, rouge, ointment, etc. Besides Suyun and Biyue, some of the mothers who had young daughters-in-law in the family were given some back, Li Wan didn't need these.After everything was tidied up and it was getting late, Nanny Xu rushed out of the city, took Li Wan's reply letter to Ji Liang and went out.

In the evening, Li Wan packed up a few side dishes and went to pay his respects to Jia Mu, saying that they were some local goods from the south, and that they would serve porridge to the old lady.Mother Jia looked at them all, and said to Daiyu with a smile, "Why don't you hurry up and thank your sister-in-law? I don't have enough of these things, I'm afraid you are the one I like the most."

Daiyu got up and laughed and said: "The old ancestor took off the cover, and I can smell the fragrance. Since my sister-in-law said that she respected my ancestors, I just hope that my ancestors will love me. I will tell you about my sister-in-law's place." Let’s go over with my fourth sister and thank you.”

Jia Mu laughed loudly and said to Li Wan, "In a few words, I recruited you the magic star."

Li Wan replied with a smile: "I have grown up with the old lady for so many days, and I have saved a few copies for exorcism." Everyone in Yingchun Tanchun and Xichun laughed.

Baoyu said to Li Wan, "Sister-in-law, don't forget me. Although I dare not compare with my sisters, it's better if sister-in-law remembers a little."

Li Wan then said, "There's really something this time. It must be what you want." Then he asked Suyun to bring a box, and Yuanyang stepped forward to take it for Baoyu, but when he opened it, it was a set of ten. The porcelain figures of the two flower gods have their own charms in their elegant clothes.Baoyu was really overjoyed when he saw it, and he went straight to Li Wan to bow to him.

When Li Wan returned to his yard, he said to Nanny Chang, "Mommy is really tricky today, or I really don't know what to do with Baoyu."

Mother Chang said: "It's inconvenient for the second master Bao to come to grandma's yard. I often see grandma giving things to the girls, but they are all things from the daughter's house, and it's hard to speak. I'm afraid I'm thinking too hard. It's not bad for this young master to be like Second Master Bao. Although he doesn't like studying and is a bit mischievous, he has a kind heart. It's just that this kind-hearted man who doesn't know the world will inevitably be deceived by his slaves. Others Not to mention, several times I saw that group of servants touching things from him, and I don't know how much of the sachet, pouch and small jade pendant have been scattered."

Li Wan said with a smile: "This Baoyu really doesn't care about these things. If it's his sister Lin's needlework, I'm afraid he knows to keep it well, and he doesn't worry about the rest."

Suyun served tea for Li Wan, and said, "Anyway, there are many people in his room, so there's still time."

Nanny Chang gave her a pat, and said, "This hoof is getting worse and worse now. When I first came here, I was like a rabbit, with the slightest sign of disturbance, my eyeballs would roll, and now I'm telling you this little story."

Li Wan said quickly, "I'm the one who manipulated them."

Nanny Chang squinted her eyes with a smile, and said: "They are very clear in their hearts. Grandma sees what they have to say to the big maids and little girls in other houses? They will all turn into gourds as soon as they leave the courtyard. Didn't see you drop by?" This question was asked to Suyun Biyue.

Suyun said: "We are all latecomers, and we don't know anyone well. There are not many people in our yard, who has time to run around. It's quiet again. See Baoyu's room trying to be the first to pick the tune. It gives me a headache listening to it."

Bi Yue said: "Grandma's sewing skills, I can't keep up with them so fast, so I don't have the time to hang out. Madam Yan said, if I practice every day, if I practice for a few more years, I can be like grandma."

Hearing this, Li Wan almost spit out a mouthful of tea.After finally swallowing it down, he said: "You are bored in the room every day when you are not on errand, and you are actually practicing needlework?"

Suyun said for Biyue: "That's not true! Grandma gave us a lot of materials, and we have a lot of leftovers from cutting clothes in our house. The purses that Biyue has made now are enough for grandma to reward people for the whole year. He also said that the handkerchief Biyue embroidered for the twelve little porcelain figures given to Baoyu today is probably enough to make up twelve flower gods."

After hearing this, Bi Yue came over to pinch Suyun, and said, "If you don't do it yourself, come arrange it for me."

Suyun and his party hid, laughed together, and said: "I admit that I don't want to catch up with grandma in my needlework in this life, but I don't know that you really believe what Madam Yan said. If that's the case, look at the needlework ladies on the needlework , do it every day, who will catch up with our grandma?"

After hearing this, Bi Yue stopped, thought for a while, and said dejectedly: "As expected! It can be seen that my life is useless!"

Li Wan couldn't help laughing, beckoned Biyue to come to her, and took a closer look at her hand, and sure enough, she saw that there were thin calluses on her fingers, and she couldn't bear it but was amused, and said: "You silly girl, Who said that you are only used for sewing. There are not many people in our house, and there is so much work to do. The sewing is done, and the rest is just a pastime, and you still work hard on it! You go around Take a look, is there another room where someone's sewing can catch up with you?

I was taught by my mother's close friend in her boudoir back then, and I have practiced for several years, but my skills are beyond poetry.Why don't you compare your appetite with Lan'er, and compare your studies with Miss Lin?What a silly girl!You just do what you can and are willing to do, why should I be harsh on you?Really asking for trouble.This hand is rough, who will marry you when I see it! "

Biyue was stunned for a while, until the last sentence, she pouted and said, "I'm not going to marry. If I'm married, I have to go out, and I won't be able to see my grandma."

Because Biyue was two years younger than Suyun, and she was far from enlightened at this time, Li Wan was eager to marry Mo Yu and Yunqiu, so he brought her up.Hearing what she said now, he said: "Okay, then you can stay by my side and accompany me, as long as you don't cry when the time comes."

Biyue smiled and said: "I won't cry, I want to learn from Nanny Xu, do big business, and earn money for Grandma and Brother Lan!" Everyone praised her for her ambition, Suyun couldn't help but laugh.

After that, Biyue didn't stay in the house all day doing needlework, but she didn't go out for a stroll in the yard. Instead, she had time to chat with Xiao Miaoer, and listened to everything going on here.She was young and had followed Li Wan since she was a child, so she hadn't experienced any stumbling blocks, and she was just as innocent as Miao Er in terms of heart.Now that Li Wan's hands are not as loose as usual, Biyue always brings some food to find Miao'er, and the two of them eat and chat, having a good time.Miao Er couldn't help talking to her mother, and praised her mother for having found such a blessed place.